For a site full of engineers I'm surprised to see the discussion center on partisan politics, talking points, unsourced claims and demands for sources, bickering over every detail, when what I'd want to talk about among technical people is the fact that Biden hasn't actually won, based on the rules of the system. He claimed he won. So did Trump. Neither are backed by anything tangible, yet. It looks like the PA AG has called for a statewide audit of votes, several court orders have been issued in several states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, there are lawsuits in several jurisdictions, and recounts in Georgia and Nevada are going to start soon. Notice how I'm not saying the lawsuits and accusations are founded, because I'd like to talk about the system.
This is far from over. You could have votes invalidated. This is only over when the electors travel to DC and 270+ vote for one person. That could be halted. You could see the house delegations vote, you could see state or federal courts rule, you could even see some state legislative bodies make decisions on it.
It takes a lot more than a claim of victory and a news organization calling it for an election to be over, and I'd expect a bunch of very smart people to know that.
I'm not sure why you think people don't realize this.
It is well-established tradition for both news organizations to call races and the apparent loser to concede, well in advance of December 14th.
Biden's lead in both the electoral votes and the state margins means that in order for Trump to win, he would need to flip multiple states. Recounts typically only move a few hundred votes, and his legal challenges haven't seen any traction.
So yes, it's technically not over yet, but it is incredibly unlikely to have any other outcome.
> This is only over when the electors travel to DC
The electors do not, in fact, travel to DC, at all. [0]
> and 270+ vote for one person.
If you are going to be excessively legalistic, it's not over until the electoral votes are reviewed, judged, tallied, and reported by Congress. On the other hand, by design, by law, and by established practice, in various combinations for the various components, pretty much all of that process after the public vote and tallying is ministerial rather than discretionary; and the established practices for transition of power in an open seat or incumbent defeat situation very much rely on proceeding based on the known outcome before all the various ministerial acts are completed.
[0] https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/roles#meeting βOn the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, the electors meet in their respective States to cast their votes for President and Vice President of the United States.β [emphasis added]
This is far from over. You could have votes invalidated. This is only over when the electors travel to DC and 270+ vote for one person. That could be halted. You could see the house delegations vote, you could see state or federal courts rule, you could even see some state legislative bodies make decisions on it.
It takes a lot more than a claim of victory and a news organization calling it for an election to be over, and I'd expect a bunch of very smart people to know that.